GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
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| nutritious | nourishing |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
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